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Monday, October 27, 2003
Voting Rights for All D.C. Residents
Thousands of non-citizens live and work in Washington. They send their children to local public schools, pay taxes and serve in the armed forces. Having lived here for a long time, they are part of the fabric of our neighborhoods. But the road to citizenship is often closed off to them – by quotas, bureaucracy and waiting lists. To have thousands of taxpayers with no say over who serves on the city council or in the mayor's office is just plain unfair.
Read this terrific letter to the editor of The Hoya, Georgetown University's newspaper, which spotlights the work the Mount Pleasant Advisory Neighborhood Commission is doing to secure local voting rights for all residents.
You can learn more about this issue on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m., at a town hall meeting at All Saints Church (2835 16th St. NW). For more information, call Mario Cristaldo at 202/412-2469.
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
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